libero liberati (terni, 20th september 1926 - 5th march 1962) won the motorcycle world championship 500cc class in 1957, with a total of 32 points. in the year 1957 he won 4 races of the world championship: hockenheim, francorchamps, belfast and monza. it is in the circuit of monza that liberati became world champion, racing on a four cylinder gilera 500cc.

1948

Gilera Saturno 500 Competizione

1954

1954 Gilera 150 Sport

1954

Gilera 150 Sport

1955

1955 gilera 300b

1956

1956 gilera 125

1956

1956 gilera 175 milano - taranto (ex-works)

the extremely rare 1956 gilera 175cc milano - taranto (one of the eight built) is an authentic factory bike. ridden by the italian carissoni during the legendary italian milano - taranto endurance event in 1956. on the 27th of spetember 1957 the three italian manufactures with an official gp racing team, (gilera, moto guzzi et mondial) announced their decision to quit official competition. the gilera racing department was wound up and the bikes were sold finding pride of place in several collections.

1956

1956 gilera 500 gp ex-works

between 1950 and 1957, gilera won six 500cc world championships with riders umberto maseti, geoff duke and libero liberati. this domination came about mainly thanks to its 4 cylinder twin overhead transversal cam engine. in the 60's, mv agusta took up this engine design and soon became the reigning world champion. this 4 cylinder transversal cam engine architecture was also soon taken up by the japanese with the same level of success.

towards the end of the 1950&aelig;s gilera introduced a revised range of lightweight singles featuring parrallel valves and deep finned sumps. offered in a range of engine sizes from 98cc to 175cc and specifications they helped provided a steady source of income during the 1960&aelig;s. image provided by www.classic-auctions.com.

1967

1967 gilera 124 militare

5-speed.

1967

1967 gilera sears

106cc, 4-speed. rightside footshift left side brake.

1968

1968 gilera 5v

124cc single4 stroke

1968

Gilera 125cc Cafe Racer

1968

Gilera 125cc Cafe Racer

1968

Gilera B300

Manufactured in Argentina.

1968

Gilera B300

Manufactured in Argentina.

1969

1969 gilera 5v autostrada

150cc.

1969

1969 gilera 98 ss

1969

Gilera Antorcha Super 49

The Antorcha Super 49 was a hugely successful bike and had many variants which were made up of different tank shapes, fairings, seat humps, mudguards, chain guards etc. They continued making many variants until 1977.

1972

1972 gilera 50rs

1973

1973 gilera 5v arcore

introduced in 1972, the new overhead valve arcore models were offered in both 125 and 150cc forms. although derived from the earlier four stroke singles that had sustained the company through the sixties, the new machines benefited from improvements to both the mechanics and styling.